#wanting

There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter. ↗

— Guy Debord

#center #chatter #chosen #condemning #consider

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#canceled #getting #gigs #having #long

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining! ↗

— Rupert Everett

#any #army #avoid #behave #being

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it. ↗

— James Caan

#between #big #big difference #difference #got

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment. ↗

— Marion Jones

#dedicated #get #had #i #moment

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#aristotle #authority #bother #conventional #correct

Music is all about wanting to be better at it. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#better #music #wanting

All I ever wanted from you was to know that I was wanted by you.  That would have changed everything. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#fate #need #richelle #richelle-goodrich #want

He opened his eyes to reveal the storm within him. "My every instinct is telling me to have my way with you." He was dead serious and my cheeks heated. Fire shone in his eyes and I broke eye contact, burying my face into his cotton-covered chest. "But not nearly as difficult as going all this time without you," he said. ↗

— Wendy Higgins

#love #passion #sharing-thoughts #wanting #love

Be not wishing and pining, but thankfully content.  For it is a short bridge between wanting and regret." - from "Dimpellumpzki ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#contentment #gratefulness #longing #pine #pining